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"Take us away, Super us out any second," Sarah added
Michael’sdown, as if the quick explosion of effort to code theth He halfheartedly tried to repeat what he’d done, but he kneas hopeless as soon as he began
"Sorry," he muttered "That was a one-act play, folks"
"What in God’s name happened down there?" Sarah asked in a rush, as if they didn’t have two hideous dark beasts co like heat "Who are those people who came to help? And how did Kaine find us?"
"Maybe we can talk about it later?" Bryson yelled "Looks like we’re going to fight after all" He balled his fists--as if they’d do any good
And then the creatures were on the ra into his chest He barely had time to see the flash of yellow eyes before he was hurtled head over feet through the darkening purple goop Swinging his arhted hiain, directly in front of hi, and it snapped at hirab the horror by the neck He squeezed its s back as it opened and shut its jaws, snapping again and again in its atteht, wrenching the neck of the beast back and forth to keep it away
The thing wrapped itself around the length of Michael’s torso, then his legs Soon he rapped head to toe, sheathed in blackness, and the creature tightened its grip, squeezing the breath out of hiet soth he had left, he fought, trying to rip the foul thing’s head right off
The flurry oflike a corkscrew Dizziness overwhel frorasp In an instant, the creature opened its jaws and struck, lightning fast It clamped down, and suddenly the world was black Michael’s entire head was inside the beast’s htened and its teeth pierced Michael’s skin He couldn’t even hear his own screa of terror and pain
He flailed, half inside the mouth of the creature, as their death spin continued Michael fought the overwhels puncturing his neck His muscles tensed and his sto, hter and tighter, ht-headedness; stars and flashes swam in his vision His pulse pounded in his head, and he reital life out of their prey
How they’d killed Ronika and al wrapped around his body was some sort of cousin to the KillSi and the pain It was an all-out attack on the essence of his life
He tried harder, screaiant snakelike beast Its teeth started to move, to slowly slip out of his skin; blood oozed from the wounds on Michael’s neck He pulled harder Farther and farther apart creaked the jaws, the gap widening, the pressure on his head weakening, the dizziness and lights subsiding, feeling returning to his body, surging through hih a dam had been breached--pain and adrenaline and elation and fire Michael screaled sound And still farther he opened the creature’sto view around him